Knife Sharpening - Benchmade Griptilian - D2
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- čas přidán 22. 07. 2024
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Benchmade Griptilian Cabela's Exclusive
Steel Type
D2
CheckMateQuinn
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I sharpened this for my buddy at work. His Instagram is linked above. This D2 took to the stones readily. It was such a breeze to sharpen. If only they all behaved this way
Knives tested:
Kershaw Crown 8cr13mov
Imanishi 400/1k/6k white compound - 164 flat
Imanishi 400/1k/6k white compound - 152 belly
Kershaw Crown 8cr13mov
Beston 500 white compound - 220 flat
Beston 500 white compound - 190 belly
Protech/Boker Kwaiken Factory Edge - (spool) 187.7 flat
Benchmade Mini Crooked River s30v
Factory Edge -
(clips) 208.4 flat, 198 belly
(spool) 175.3 flat, 160.3 belly
Spyderco Farid K-2
Used edge from BBB - 131 flat
Spyderco Paramilitary 2 in s110v
Used edge from BBB - 158 flat
Bestech Knives Warwolf D2 - Test 1
Edge Pro 220/400/1k/4k/8k strop CBN 2 micron - 155
Bestech Knives Warwolf D2 - Test 2
test 1 - Edge Pro 220/400/1k/4k/8k strop white compound - 195
test 2 - Edge Pro 220/400/1k/4k/8k strop white compound - 184
test 3 - Edge Pro 220/400/1k/4k/8k strop white compound - 144
Bestech Knives Warwolf D2 - Test 3
test 1 Edge Pro 220/400/1k/4k/8k strop CBN 2 micron - 156
test 2 Edge Pro 220/400/1k/4k/8k strop CBN 2 micron - 146
Buck Bantam 420HC
(test 1) Shapton Glass 500/1k/4k/8k strop white compound - 218
(test 1) Shapton Glass 500/1k/4k/8k strop white compound - 100
Spyderco Manix 2 LW - Maxamet - Test 1 SIC
240/1000 grit sic 2 micron cbn strop - 123
140/1000/2500 grit sic 2 micron cbn strop - 105
Spyderco Manix 2 LW - Maxamet - Test 2 SIC
(test 1 clips) 140/1000/2500 grit sic 2 micron cbn strop - 154
(test 2 spool) 140/1000/2500 grit sic 2 micron cbn strop - 132
Spyderco Manix 2 LW - Maxamet - Test 1 CBN
Used factory edge - 274
400/1500 CBN 1 Micron Diamond - 168
Spyderco Manix 2 LW - Maxamet - Test 2 CBN
(test 1) 400/1500 CBN 1 Micron Diamond - 177
(test 2) 400/1500 CBN 1 Micron Diamond - 142
Spyderco Manix 2 LW - Maxamet - Test 3 CBN
(test 1) 400 CBN 1 Micron Diamond - 311
(test 2) 400 CBN 1 Micron Diamond - 135
(test 1) 400/1500 CBN 1 Micron Diamond - 130
(test 1) 400/1500 CBN 1 Micron Diamond - 207
Rat 2 - D2 - CBN
(test 1) 400/1500 CBN strop white compound - 77
(test 2) 400/1500 CBN strop white compound - 87
Spyderco Manix 2 LW - S110V
(test 1) Sic 240/1k/2.5k/naniwa 3k/Shapton Pro 5k/Cbn strop 2/1/0.5 micron - 81 flat
(test 2) Sic 240/1k/2.5k/naniwa 3k/Shapton Pro 5k/Cbn strop 2/1/0.5 micron - 114 belly
Spyderco Manix 2 LW - CTS-XHP
(test 1) - Edge Pro 220/400/1k/4k/8k Cbn strop 1/0.5 micron - 84 flat
(test 2) - Edge Pro 220/400/1k/4k/8k Cbn strop 1/0.5 micron - 82 belly
Benchmade Griptilian Cabela's Exclusive - D2
(test 1) 240/1K/2.5K/5K/Cbn 2 micron strop, diamond 1 micron, 0.5, 0.25 - 111 flat
(test 2)240/1K/2.5K/5K/Cbn 2 micron strop, diamond 1 micron, 0.5, 0.25 - 84 belly
Stumbled upon this randomly. Such a satisfying watch. Thank you.
Awesome, thank you!
Very Nice Edge, and very sharp too.
Thanks for sharing this video with us.
Aloha🌴🏄♂
Thanks for checking it out!
Nicely done, you buddy should be happy with that edge.
Appreciate it :)
Nice flow, great steel, satisfying...
Thank you!
Nice work. I sharpen the same. I see that I need to be more careful and pay attention to detail.
Wow those sil carbide stones seem to cut fairly quickly, im actually impressed and considering I primarily used regular cbn or diamond plates and the Venev stones which I get sick of the venevs loading up so fast and constantly needing nagura stoned to bring out fresh abrasive I may just have to order some of these!
Yea venev are decent but they have their quirks. I’ll take gritomatic sic stones over them any day of the week!
Great job on the d2 with sic stones. I have a couple siberian yakut blades in a russian x12 mf equivalent of d2 and its tool steel .. definately some hard shit to sharpen on my Shaptons pros.
i can get keeness but not shaving sharp so i break out my dmt hones and on a 600 and 1200 i can get my d2 shaving sharp both have a toothy but razor edge u can shave receipt paper or hair no problem. Stay sharp and keep up the great work my friend :)
Thank you 🙏
D2 can be a booger to get right. Having diamonds or sic helps 👍
You can still preorder the rotating clamp. You scared me so I just went to the site and ordered it! I like the magnet but for heavy reprofiling or longer knives I think the clamp will work well.
Yea sorry about that. I saw that too after making the video. Hopefully it'll still be available come pay day :D
Dang It, I have Venev Centaur 400/800 comming and now this Gritomatic SiC stones looks tempting
:P
I'd still prefer Gritomatic Sic but they do require a light soaking. Venev are at least, splash n go.
@@Jef I might get 1k and 2.5k as for lower grit. I still try to use this Norton Compas SiC that's made from India
venev is great but will load with swarfs while that gritomaric is still cutting like a champ with no issues.
@@RubricoA. If you want an even higher grit, Suehiro G-8 has a sic stone that is 8k. It can usually be found on ebay with or without a base, for around $100.
Nice
👍
Do you usually strop again after cutting the wire on the Bess i just have to assume that it dulls the apex slightly but i have not had one myself to verify that assumption personally
I do the cut tests first. After the camera stop recording I usually do a few more passes on the strop just to make sure its clean. I’ve heard cutting the media does indeed damage the apex, but personally, I’ve never detected it. Anecdotal sure, but it’s all i got 😁
NIce work! D2 can be hard to sharpen!
Yea so glad I got these Gritomatic stones. They make just about any steel, a breeze
How is the polish with those stones before and after stropping? Also, do they dish a lot?
They will dish if you let em go for many sessions, but I stay on top of that. I flatten and condition my stones often. I've never seen excessive wear on these stones. The longest run I had with the 240, was with the Manix s110v. It only lasted about 6 minutes. They cut so quickly, there just isn't much visible wear in those sort of runs.
I've shown the polish with these stones in other videos. The 240, is as you would expect. Rough and deep. The 1k, is very classic. Imagine a 1k King, and you wouldn't be far off. The 2500 polish is the precursor to getting some luster. After stropping a bit, it will become reflective. Obviously not a mirror edge, as it has plenty of undercast in it.
I’ve been looking at buying in an Ontario rat in D2 steel. The only things I have the sharpen a knife with our hard Arkansas stones and the oldtimey course whetrock. Exactly what does it take to sharpened D2 steel I typically won’t buy a knife I cannot sharpen with a small hard Arkansas stone I keep in my pocket.
I always called d2 my nemesis steel. I found it very difficult to sharpen bc i was using the wrong abrasives. D2 can be heat treated to fairly hard hrc scores. In doing so, it seemed for me, if i didn’t use silicone carbide (or diamond), i just couldn’t get a good edge. An Arkansas stone in my experience, can have difficulty cutting many modern steels, unless you are just microbeveling. As with all things in sharpening, your mileage may vary.
Jef, have you tried cigarette paper for a testing media? I have found that there are different thicknesses of cigarette papers, but they are thicker than magazine/newsprint/phonebook paper and it gives you a different test to test sharpness. Given the sharpness tester results you have shown and the testing on the paper you currently use, it might give you a different metric to judge by.
Yes. Davetogo123 got me using those for a spell. I liked his technique for using them, but never really found it useful for my own sharpening. As long as my knives could cut clean and smooth through harbor freight paper, that was plenty enough for me.
Yeah, I am in a HHT phase right now for sharpness, I wish I could just be happy with push cutting phone book paper
I can't do hair tests. I shave my head, and my girl's hair is baby fine. I can't even get my razors to cut em. Honestly though, and you've heard me say this before :) , as long as it cuts smoothly through Harbor Freight paper, I am satisfied. I do understand the struggle, but getting that sort of high sharpness has never been a goal for me.
On another note, most of my edge testing in the descriptions, weren't after high sharpness. I was mainly testing EoU's consistency. As you can see in my recent tests, I started getting serious about the edges again. It seems the closer to 0 the scale reads, the more consistent the tests become. Is that just because when I was half assing it, the sharpness truly was all over the place, or is the tester really performing the way I have been observing? I don't know. I still got a full roll and a half to make that determination, before I chuck this thing over the balcony. :P
She brand of knives do you prefer?
Most things that aren’t china made. Benchmade, microtech, most spyderco’s. There’s others sprinkled throughout here n there. I have an older playlist that displays my entire collection Just go to my main youtube page and look for playlists
What stones and holder are they called ?
Gritomatic silicone carbide stone 240, 1k an 2.5k. The pink stone was a Shapton pro 5k. The stone holder is just called “universal stone holder”
@@Jef Thank you !
I hate my griptilian. My blade is some sort of fancy stainless steel that cant be sharpened lol. Or i just suck at sharpening :) it's a shitty partial serrated blade that was dull out the box it must have been sharpened on a Friday at 2 PM
Benchmade will sharpen it for free. It part of their lifesharp warranty. I do sharpening at no cost as well but serrations aren’t really my forte
@@Jef thankyou for the info ;) your method works quite well